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Author photo. Serraillier playing the piano. Old dictionary of children's authors, photographer unknown

Serraillier playing the piano. Old dictionary of children's authors, photographer unknown

Ian Serraillier (1912–1994)

Author of The Silver Sword

Includes the names: Serraillier I, Ian Serrailer, Ian Serrailler, Ian Serrailier, I. SERRAILLIER, Ian Seraillier, Ian Serrallier, Ian Serrailier, Ian Serrailler, Serraillier Ian ... (see complete list), Ian Serraillier, Ian Serraillier

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Works by Ian Serraillier
The Silver Sword 2,527 copies, 40 reviews
Beowulf the Warrior 361 copies, 3 reviews
The Enchanted Island 79 copies, 1 review
A Puffin Quartet of Poets 64 copies
There's No Escape (Puffin Books) 62 copies, 1 review
The Gorgon's Head 45 copies, 1 review
Robin in the greenwood; ballads of Robin Hood 22 copies, 1 review
Road to Canterbury (New Windmill) 21 copies
The Way of Danger 19 copies
The Challenge of the Green Knight (New Windmills) 19 copies, 2 reviews
Havelok the Dane 18 copies, 1 review
Clashing Rocks (New Windmills) 18 copies
Heracles the strong 17 copies
I'll Tell You a Tale 15 copies
Chaucer and his world 12 copies
The Ivory Horn - Retold from The Song of Roland 12 copies
Pop Festival (Structural Readers) 9 copies
Suppose You Met a Witch 9 copies
The Mouse in the Wainscot (Beastly Verse Board Books) 8 copies
Murder At Dunsinane; and Other Stories From Shakespeare (Scholastic Book… 8 copies
The Bishop and the Devil 8 copies
A Fall From the Sky: The Story of Daedalus and Icarus 7 copies
They Raced for Treasure (New Adventure Library) 6 copies
The windmill book of ballads 4 copies
The ballad of St. Simeon 4 copies
Franklin's Tale 4 copies
The tale of the monster horse and other poems! 2 copies
Have You Got Your Ticket? (Structural Readers) 2 copies
Three new poets : Roy McFadden, Alex Comfort, Ian Serraillier (Contributor) 2 copies
MAKING GOOD 2 copies
Belinda and the swans 1 copy
Captain Bounsaboard and the pirates 1 copy
Flight to adventure 1 copy
How happily she laughs, and other poems 1 copy
Jungle adventure 1 copy
Silverdolken 1 copy
Poems and pictures 1 copy
Katy at School 1 copy
Katy at home 1 copy
The Way of Danger. The Story of Theseus 1 copy
The Turtle Drum (1967 Sheet Music) 1 copy
Everest Climbed 1 copy
Happily Ever After: Poems for Children 1 copy
The adventures of Dick Varley 1 copy
The Guide Gift Book: Original stories and ideas for girls seeking… 1 copy
The tale of three landlubbers 1 copy
zzzz Sun Goes Free & Other Poems (Longman Structural Readers) 1 copy
MOUNTAIN RESCUE WIDE HORIZON SCHEME STAGE FOUR 1 copy
Fight for Freedom 1 copy
Guns in the Wild 1 copy
Thomas and the sparrow 1 copy
The monster horse 1 copy
THE BALLAD OF KON-TIKI - and other verses 1 copy
Treasure Ahead 1 copy
All Change at Singleton for Charlton, Goodwood, East & West Dean 1 copy
The Cave of Death 1 copy
The weaver birds (Illustrator) 1 copy
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Also by Ian Serraillier
Things Fall Apart (Introduction, some editions) 19,536 copies, 414 reviews
All Quiet on the Western Front (Editor, some editions) 17,904 copies, 385 reviews
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Editor, some editions) 483 copies, 10 reviews
Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children (Contributor) 61 copies
Selected Tales (New Windmill) (Editor) 52 copies
A Golden Land (Contributor) 38 copies
The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (Contributor) 33 copies
The Kite and Other Stories (Introduction) 25 copies, 2 reviews
Fantasy Tales (Contributor) 22 copies
Bad Boys (Young Puffin Books) (Contributor) 16 copies
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (Contributor) 15 copies
Spooks, Spooks, Spooks (Contributor) 13 copies
The Ghost Story Treasury (Contributor) 12 copies
Escape Stories (Contributor) 9 copies
Thrilling Adventure Stories (Contributor) 5 copies
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Serraillier, Ian Lucien
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Date of birth
1912-09-24
Date of death
1994-11-28
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Gender
male
Nationality
UK
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Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
London, England, UK
Education
Brighton College
Oxford University (St Edmund Hall)
Occupations
children's book author
English teacher
poet
novelist
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Society of Friends
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